NO MAP TO THIS COUNTRY
Nonfiction Lonely struggle NO MAP TO THIS COUNTRY: One Family’s Journey through Autism By Jennifer Noonan 316 pp. Da Capo Reviewed by David E. Hoekenga, M. D. This is a book by a mother who had the misfortune of birthing two children with autism. She battled mightily to help her children, often alone. Where was her husband? She struggles against ignorant health professionals, be they MDs, dieticians, nurses, or social workers. Neurologists seem to occupy a special place in hell for her. Surprisingly, she is easy on Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who profited from the hoax about vaccines as a cause of autism and who was the direct cause of many unnecessary cases of measles (the most contagious disease in the world), mumps, and rubella. His papers were expunged from The Lancet and his medical license revoked. Ireland alone had 1500 cases of measles and two deaths because of his bogus studies. Noonan found that a diet free of casein (dairy) and then of gluten helped her son Paul’s behavior, ...